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New Statesman
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New Statesman
The Blairite Breakfast Club
Illustration by Marcus Butt / Ikon Images An army marches on its stomach and the Blairite New Labour praetorian guard of Keir Starmer's cabinet meets for breakfast club. Lunch is for wimps and dinners are too often public, so, whispered a snout, Pat McFadden, Wes Streeting, Liz Kendall and Peter Kyle gather in the early morning away from bleary eyes to chew over the state of play. The orange-juice band are tight-knit with a common orientation and interests. No plotting occurs against the Prime Minister, insists our informant, but if Starmer ever looks like he's toast, expect a united front with the other three backing Streeting. By the way, the Health Secretary is expected by colleagues to go on the chicken run to a much safer roost now Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's new party might make vulnerable Ilford North hostile territory. Starmer is braced to go through his Highland hell bromance with Trump all over again during September's state visit. The US president's green-eyed onetime British bestie Nigel Farage must've been one of the few leaders who wished they were in the PM's shoes for the near 90-minute ordeal in Scotland. 'We're grown-up about the value of Keir's relationship with the president,' sniffs an aide. There must be an entire book in this for Starmer rather than a mere chapter in future memoirs. It can be hard to know what to do once you're no longer PM, as Starmer will discover one day. Tony Blair regularly welcomes furtive groups of Labour MPs to the offices of his think tank. Our snouts have spotted Theresa May in the big Waitrose in Maidstone, picking up essentials while Philip pushes the trolley. David 'chillaxing' Cameron continues to enjoy life after Westminster. A personal Instagram post over the weekend showed a shorts-and-polo-shirt-wearing Cameron at the ISPS Handa Senior Open at Sunningdale, Berkshire, with former taoiseach Enda Kenny. Cameron looked almost unbearably happy holding a silver plate after being part of the winning team at the tournament. With a reported net worth of £40m, Cameron may not need any more silver either. Dubbed Donald Trump's guy in Silicon Valley before Elon Musk mutated Twitter into X and Mark Zuckerberg turned two-Facedbook, the American tech billionaire Peter Thiel was in town recently and held a private dinner with right-wing worthies. Thiel, waging a war on progressives, was aghast about the state of Britain. He predicted that our economy, being roughly '80 per cent services and 20 per cent manufacturing', would soon come under even more pressure. AI would ravage the services, and sky-high industrial energy prices would see off what remained of the manufacturing. Did anyone have a good response to Thiel's challenge around the table? Not according to our snout. He told the British right what it wanted to hear. Blink-of-an-eye PM Liz Truss notoriously claimed the 'jury's out' on whether French President Emmanuel Macron was a friend or a foe of the UK, and now a similar decision pockmarks the Green Party's carnivorous leadership bash. Adrian Ramsay couldn't tell LBC interviewer Iain Dale whether he liked 'eco-populist' rival Zack Polanski or not. The MP for Waveney Valley and Green Party co-leader wobbled when asked directly, subsequently clarifying he liked 'working with Zack'. Polanski, whose campaign took Ramsay somewhat by surprise, said afterwards that he was 'stung' by the hesitation. Having worked with Ramsay for years, Polanski expected better: 'I hadn't realised that Adrian didn't like me on a personal level.' Always the last to know? Defeating the Spanish Armada, Nelson's victory at Trafalgar, Wellington's at Waterloo, Winston Churchill as the grandson of a Duke, and the creation of the NHS by Clement Attlee, grandfather of a hereditary peer, were all cited in vain by Tory shadow Lords leader, Nicholas True, as reasons to reprieve hereditary bluebloods from the guillotine. 'Frankly bonkers stuff,' sniffed a Labour source. Quite. At last a glint of good news for Kendall: there are fewer vermin under Labour. After this column's snippet last week on the rodent-infested Mouses of Parliament our eyes alighted on figures recording a fall in pest control call-outs to Jobcentres and other buildings managed by the DWP. The 571 to date this year include one a piece for cockroaches and grey squirrels, 16 for wasps, 93 for birds, and 140 for rats and mice, with unspecified insects topping the bill at 288. Kendall must have shot the Tory fox, with zero cases recorded in 2025 after 13 problems with Mr Tods in recent Conservative times. Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month Subscribe The likely formal name of Corbyn and Sultana's provisionally titled Your Party? She suggested The Left or Left Party. An emphasis on Gaza triggered one Labour hostile to float calling it Jezbollah. Snout Line: Got a story? Write to tips@ [See also: The UK to recognise Palestine if there is no ceasefire] Related
Hindustan Times
27-07-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Padraig Harrington claims Senior Open for third major title
Ireland's Padraig Harrington carded a 3-under 67 to finish at 16-under 264 and claim the ISPS Handa Senior Open at Berkshire, England on Sunday. HT Image The victory marks Harrington's second major win in four weeks and makes him only the fifth player to win The Open and the Senior Open. "You want to do things that stand out, and having won a real Open, coming out, winning the Senior Open ... it adds a validation," Harrington said. "... I'm kind of on a high of winning, but then there will be that deep sense of satisfaction knowing that you've done both." Harrington won The Open in 2007 and 2008, and was on the cusp of winning the Senior Open in consecutive years. He finished second in 2022 and 2023, losing the latter in a playoff, before breaking through this year. The Dublin native entered the day with a two-shot lead, but never got complacent. "I don't want to relax, that has cost me in the past," Harrington said. "... I get ahead of myself, and you know, sometimes when it's an easy shot, easy tee shot, I can lose focus. "So I want to stay hyped up. And to be honest, I think today, because I wasn't comfortable with my swing, I never let my guard down. I was always into it and focused all day." Harrington, 53, started Sunday with an eagle on No. 1. He also tallied three birdies and two bogeys on the day, beating out Denmark's Thomas Bjorn and Justin Leonard, who finished at 13 under. Bjorn rolled in four birdies from No. 9 to No. 14, threatening Harrington's lead. He then bogeyed on 16, putting Harrington out of reach and finishing at 3-under 67. Leonard notched four birdies and two bogeys on the day for a 2-under 68. He carded 5-under 65 on Friday and Saturday. "It wasn't quite as sharp as I was the last couple days. You know, just not able to really hit it close enough to putt pressure," Leonard said. "I felt like if I could have been 3- or 4-under on the front nine, then, you know, we're kind of neck and neck." Scott Hend (65) finished fourth at 12 under, while fellow Australian Cameron Percy (65) and South Africa's Ernie Els (66) tied for fifth at 11 under. --Field Level Media
NBC Sports
27-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Padraig Harrington becomes fifth to win Open and Senior Open titles; Rory McIlroy in attendance
Watch highlights from final-round action of the ISPS Handa Senior Open from the Old Course at Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England. BERKSHIRE, England — Padraig Harrington was so focused on his game that he didn't notice a leaderboard or see Rory McIlroy walking in the gallery Sunday at the ISPS Handa Senior Open. He closed with a 3-under 67 to win his second senior major of the year. Staked to a two-shot lead, Harrington made eagle on the first hole on the Old Course at Sunningdale and no one got closer than two shots the rest of the way as he became the fifth player with a Senior Open and an Open title. He won by three shots over Thomas Bjorn (67) and Justin Leonard (68). 'I'm thrilled to have won but very satisfied that I've won a Senior Open with my two Opens,' Harrington said. 'The fact that only five people have ever done it is quite special. I'm quite proud that I've managed to survive this long in the game.' He joined Darren Clarke, Tom Watson, Gary Player and Bob Charles as players to have won The Open and the senior version. McIlroy walked around for a bit on the London-area course, though it wasn't much of a show. Harrington seized control late in the third round and never gave anyone much of a chance. Bjorn made a late charge to get within two shots, but that ended with a bogey on the 16th. 'The only time I saw a leaderboard was on 18,' said Harrington, who said he asked his caddie for an update on the 17th hole. 'Was fully focused on what I was doing. The Irishman was surprised to hear McIlroy, who is building a home in London, was at Sunningdale for the final round. 'I didn't see him out there. Was he out there?' Harrington said. 'I had the head down all day. I never saw anybody. I had no idea.' Harrington now has 11 titles on the PGA Tour Champions, and he has won multiple times each of the last four seasons. He won the U.S. Senior Open last month at The Broadmoor. And he nearly won the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional until a late two-shot swing gave the title to Angel Cabrera.
USA Today
27-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Padraig Harrington captures back-to-back senior majors with win at ISPS Handa Senior Open
Another major, another celebration for Padraig Harrington. Harrington won the 2025 ISPS Handa Senior Open at Sunningdale in Berkshire, England. He signed for a 3-under 67 in the final round to finish the championship at 16 under, three shots clear of the field. It's the second consecutive senior major title for the 53-year-old Irishman. He won the 2025 U.S. Senior Open by one shot over Stewart Cink in Colorado Springs last month. This one is especially meaningful, though, considering Harrington — who won back-to-back Open Championships in 2007 and 2008 — had finished second in the British Senior Open twice before. "You know, right now I'm just thrilled to have won the tournament and gone out there and played well. I think, yeah, that will seep in. I know you were talking about how I won The Open, to win the Senior Open, there's only five players, so you want to be in that category. I think they are the sort of things that you realize over the next couple of days, the significance of it. "Right now I'm thrilled, euphoric, that I've gotten it done." Harrington made eagle on the first hole in his final round Sunday, growing his lead from two to three over Justin Leonard. After posting 32 on the outward nine, it appeared as if Harrington would run away with it, but there was a brief moment on the back nine when that wasn't a sure thing. Thomas Bjorn charged with three birdies in four holes on Nos. 11-14, but then he made bogey on No. 16 shortly after Harrington made birdie on No. 14, dashing Bjorn's hopes of lifting the trophy. "I didn't know [Bjorn] did it," Harrington said. "I never look at leaderboards. The only time I saw a leaderboard was on 18. I asked Ronan on 17 what was my lead, and never looked at a leaderboard. Was fully focused on what I was doing. In the end, Bjorn recorded his second T-2 finish in the 2025 senior major season — the first coming at the Senior PGA Championship in May. After a 63 on Friday, Bjorn sat just one shot behind Harrington entering the weekend, but ultimately couldn't keep up with the Irishman. He finished at 13 under after a 67 on Sunday. Still, it's another impressive performance from the 54-year-old Dane, who now has five top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour Champions in 2025 to go along with a victory at the American Family Insurance Championship in June. Leonard also finished at 13 under, earning his third top 10 finish of the season but falling three shots shy of capturing his second win of 2025 and the first senior major of his career. Just last week, Leonard, 53, made the cut at the 2025 Open Championship, which he won in 1997. "I take a lot of good things from this last couple weeks," Leonard said. "You know, last week I was able to spend a couple days with Mike Thomas and just little mind things and trying to get a little more rotation in the clubface and stuff like that. Still plenty of things to work on but having a week like this where I hit it so consistently and hit it really good off the tee. You know, I'm excited about what's coming up here the rest of the year." Australian Scott Hend, who competes on the Legends Tour, fired a 5-under 65 on Sunday to snag solo fourth at 12 under. Ernie Els and Cameron Piercy rounded out the top 5 in a tie at 11 under. Harrington was awarded $447,800 of the $2.85 million purse.
NBC Sports
27-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Highlights: ISPS Handa Senior Open, Final Round
Watch highlights from final-round action of the ISPS Handa Senior Open from the Old Course at Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England.
